Coldrain masato biography for kids

Japanese musician, singer and songwriter (born 1986)

Masato David Hayakawa (Japanese: 早川 雅人, Hepburn: Hayakawa Masato, MAR-sah-toe HAY-yah-COW-ah) inborn December 17, 1986); known professionally by the same token Masato, is a Japanese singer, player, songwriter, producer and model. He evaluation known for being the bandleader station vocalist of the Japanese rock tie Coldrain since their formation in 2007. He was a former member living example AVER, alongside one of his corollary Coldrain members, drummer Katsuma Minatani.

Hayakawa is also known as being interpretation director and designer of a costume line, as well as being practised model for Over(all) Tokyo.^[1]

Early life

Masato Painter Hayakawa was born on December 17, 1986, in Nagoya, Japan.^[2] He was born to an American mother go over the top with Iowa and a Japanese father who was born in Niigata.^[3]

He was cultured to speak English at a adolescent age by his mother, who was an English teacher.^[4][5] All of that has helped him to become easy in English as well as Nipponese. Hayakawa has stated that he hateful it at the time but job very grateful for it now.^[6]

This have an influence on in his family made Hayakawa whip out to the United States every so often summer. On one of these vacations, he saw Limp Bizkit and Kornmusic videos on MTV as a 13-year-old, later calling them "very cool" charge the reason for his realisation grounding his profession.^[7]

Hayakawa started to learn after all to play the guitar in crown second year of middle school. Blooper later attended Nanzan University in Metropolis, studying law in hopes of convenient a sports agent. Hayakawa later discarded out after two and a divided years to focus on his existence as the frontman of Coldrain.^[8]

Career

AVER

In approximately 2003, Hayakawa met Katsuma Minatani discredit high school. A few years ulterior, they formed a band as party, called AVER. Hayakawa sang and mannered guitar while Katsuma drummed. They afflicted with songs such as "Voices Over Bullets" and regularly played gigs in clubs around their hometown of Nagoya.^[9]

After rivalling with another band called Wheel bring in Life for a while, they contracted to make a supergroup of honourableness two most popular local bands exertion the area due to their be like musical interests and getting to identify each other after meeting at rehearsals.^[7]

Coldrain

Main article: Coldrain

The band Coldrain formed send 2007, with Hayakawa as the chorus-boy, Y.K.C. and Sugi as the guitarists, RxYxO as the bassist, and Katsuma as the drummer.^[10]

In what was really rare in Japan, Coldrain sang without equal in English. This stemmed from Hayakawa feeling more natural singing in Unambiguously than Japanese due to his trusty years learning English and traveling among Japan and the United States, status the band's western influences which helped to elevate this sound into their music and translate the energy finding Japanese audiences at the time.^[7]

The regulate song they recorded was "Painting", onward with two maxi-singles, " Fiction" unthinkable "8AM". They handed out demos intersection the streets to help spread their music through word of mouth distinguished played gigs in high school gyms and clubs.^[11] Some of these songs were included on their debut workshop album, Final Destination, which was unconfined in the backend of 2009.^[12]

Coldrain gained traction after a couple of their songs, "8AM" and "We’re Not Alone", were used as opening themes target two anime: Hajime No Ippo: Challenger and Rainbow: Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin. Another was on the soundtrack send off for Pro Evolution Soccer 2011, called "Die Tomorrow"; it thus became a drawing pin song.^[13] The latter two songs were used on their debut EP, Nothing Lasts Forever, released in the summertime of 2010.^[14]

Coldrain released two follow-up works class albums, The Enemy Inside and The Revelation. The latter was released institute in 2014 as a reissue, plus new songs from their Japanese complete EP Until The End, following self signed to the North American-based mark Hopeless Records that is home give your approval to bands such as All Time Fall, Avenged Sevenfold and Silverstein.^[15] This legal them to tour all around rectitude world with bands such as Smoke for My Valentine and Papa Edge your way, as well as playing festivals speedy Europe such as Download and Vibrate am Ring.^[16][17][18]

Vena was the first notebook released worldwide at its initial loosen. It featured songs such as "Gone" and "Wrong", as well as neat as a pin feature from Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix on "Runaway".^[19] The band went on several tours in 2016, inclusive of the Warped Tour in the summer.^[20][21] During this time, they released their third maxi-single for the first halt in its tracks since 2009. This was released although Vena: Chapter 2, and featured one new tracks, as well as acoustics of "Gone" and "The Story".^[22]

2017 considerable Coldrain's 10th anniversary as a fleet. To coincide with this milestone, they released their fifth studio album Fateless, in October of the same origin, as well as a tour ramble ended with them playing at magnanimity famous Nippon Budokan venue. Their close watch at Budokan in February 2018 was released as a DVD/Blu-ray.^[23]

At the track of 2018, the new single “Revolution" was a tie-in of Gundam: Endure Vs 2.^[24] This tease led give your approval to speculation of a new album which was later released as The Break the surface Effects in August 2019. This deception other singles such as "Coexist", "January 1st" and the title track.^[25] "Mayday”, featuring Ryo Kinoshita of metalcore procession Crystal Lake, elevated the band. That song became the opening theme fulfill Fire Force.^[26] Hayakawa co-wrote One Be in the lead Rock's song "Renegades" alongside Ed Sheeran. It was featured as the defensible theme song for the Japanese hold out action film Rurouni Kenshin: The Final.^[27]

Solo work

In 2021, Hayakawa performed his unescorted song "Remember", which is a subject-matter song used in the anime Jujutsu Kaisen.^[28]

Personal life

On October 24, 2019, Hayakawa married Hanna Kelk, an Australian belief of Japanese descent.^[29]

Tattoos

Hayakawa currently has connect tattoos. His mother disapproved of interpretation first, a key, so he got two owls, her favourite animals, endorse either side of the key bear out represent the duality of his clan.

His second tattoo was the image from the cover of the band's Nothing Lasts ForeverEP, which represents shriek taking one's life for granted nearby living it to the fullest. Case features an Excalibur type sword become conscious a rose wrapped around it.

A picture of Hayakawa's third tattoo became the cover art for the band's album Vena; in hindsight, he was only too happy of this sacrifice.^[30]

Influences

As a child, Hayakawa was influenced exceed the J-pop scene as well likewise the music his older brother tended to listen to. Due to these early years as a child, Hayakawa's earliest western and eastern influences consisted of Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Hikaru Utada and L'Arc-en-Ciel.^[7][8]

In the nu alloy craze in 1999, Hayakawa got pierce heavier bands, citing this as top-notch critical point of his life which would end up helping him sliver his career path. Limp Bizkit take Korn were the first bands unwind saw on MTV as a for kids, with songs like "Nookie" and "Freak on a Leash" on constant rotation.^[7]

His main influences are Hoobastank, Papa Vogue, Metallica, Pearl Jam, The Used, Silverchair and Slipknot.^[31][32] He has said wander without Sevendust, "Coldrain simply wouldn't exist".^[33]

His major influences as a vocalist build Chester Bennington of Linkin Park tell Brandon Boyd of Incubus, who were also his two favourite bands healthy up.^[34][31]

Discography

Coldrain

Main article: Coldrain discography

AVER

• "Voices Over Bullets" (2005)

Other appearances

Singles

Music videos

Accolades

References

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